Technical references : Deployment overview : Planon Software Suite
Planon Software Suite
Planon is a three-tier application consisting of the following components.
Data tier: containing the database server and file server.
Server tier: containing the application server and the web server.
Client tier: the Planon application , Planon Apps or Kiosk client.
The Planon software runs on the application server. The application server communicates with the database server for storing and retrieving data. The data itself is presented to the client computers through the Client tier.
These topics provide a graphical overview of the setup with all the components.
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•    Although physically separated, these three-tier architecture components can reside on one single server.
•     For an overview of supported component versions, see Supported Configurations
•     For information on the installation, see Planon ProCenter – Suite Installer.